Tag: #Berbera

The Red Sea Should Be a Bridge, Not a Battlefield: Sovereignty and Sea Access in the Horn of Africa

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Ahmed Ibrahim The history of a coastline cannot be rewritten simply because a neighboring country has become landlocked. For Eritrea,...

The GERD as Bargaining Chip

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By Sirak Kifle and David Yeh A few weeks ago, Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party floated what it likely believed was...

Inventing a Coastline: Ethiopia’s Red Sea claims and the politics of manufactured grievance

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by Ghidewon Abay Asmerom Ethiopia’s claim to a Red Sea “right” is not about trade or access, which international law...

The Horn of Africa Cannot Afford Ethiopia’s Imperial Nostalgia

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By ALULA FREZGHI For months now, Ethiopia’s leaders have insisted that the country must secure access to the sea “through...

 Israeli recognition of Somaliland: Analysis 

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by Girmay Haile  A regional security threat and potential for destabilisation of the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and...

By Abiy’s Own Logic: Restricting the Nile Is an Existential Threat to Egypt

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by Yemane Abselom For Egypt, the Nile is not a policy preference; it is a biological requirement. Over 95 percent...

Ethiopia’s Path to the Sea: Legal Options Without Violating Somalian, Djiboutian, or Eritrean Sovereignty

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by Yemane Abselom Why Poverty and Endless Wars—Not Geography—Are Ethiopia’s Real Enemy As Ethiopia intensifies its rhetoric about a “rightful path...